The MBS Show is podcast dedicated to discussing all things My Little Pony Friendship is Magic and other geeky things.
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Sunday, May 27, 2012

Recently the crew of The MBS Show did a birthday shout out to Sabrina Alberghetti a.k.a. Sibsy. She is a storyboard artist working on MLP:FiM. The awesome part is that she replied to our birthday shout out.

Last week most of The MBS Show crew attended the "8th Malaysia Bronies Society meet-up" and had the chance to meet up with almost all of the guest that had appeared on Show.

During the weekend Daniel Ingram posted a little message on his Facebook Fan page. He posted a shout out to the brony community saying where the best fans in the world.

Here is what he wrote “In quote”:“

My Little Pony fans are the best fans in the world! It's been an awesome 2nd year and now that the season is over I can't wait to sit back and enjoy all your amazing fan-made creations pouring in. Thank-you all for being such a great support base and sharing your enthusiasm. You inspire me to keep doing my utmost to keep pushing the boundaries and write the best songs I can for you all.”

Recreantly LA Weekly releases an article on Lauren Faust, in the article Lauren talks about her life growing up as a girl in a house full of boys. She also talks about how marketing for girls may lead to financial failure.

Rumours are a brew with “The Brony Thank You Fund”, they say that it is a scam and they never even wanted to fund the commercial and run away with the money.

So the fine folks at EQD got in contact with The Hub asking about the matter and a spokesperson for The Hub has confirmed that the network has been contacted by “The Brony Thank You Fund” about the possible purchase of commercial time.

A few things to be noted are:

The Brony Thank You Fund has its own website

They have a Cafe Press page for you to get some of their swag.

A spokesperson has been selected for the commercial and it’s Mari Ohman an eighteen-year old high school senior from Colorado.

And finally William Anderson will select a lucky composer for the music

“The Brony Thank You Fund” has decided on a charity to support, the charity that they are going to support is The Marine Toys for Tots Foundation. An IRS recognized 501(c)(3) not-for-profit public charity is the fundraising, funding and support organization for the U. S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program.

Also recently one of the founders of “The Brony Thank You Fund” James Turner was contacted by Margaret Loesch, President and CEO of The Hub.

During the course their conversation, she had suggested two minor tweaks that she thought might make the script even better:

The first tweak they suggested was to make the ad more representative of all MLP fans by opening with "Hi, We’re fans of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, and we’d like to say thanks.", rather than "Hi, we're bronies." We're not throwing out bronies, though. It's now at the end of the ad: "And to the creators and writers for bringing a little more honesty, loyalty, laughter, generosity, kindness and magic into the world, for kids and bronies alike."

The second tweak was to change the wording to acknowledge the contributions of all the creators, rather than referring to specifically to Lauren Faust.

Anthony Bourdain is one of the well know brony celebrity out there, being the host for the show “Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations” he gets to eat a lot of strange foods.

Recently he went to Finland where he tried horse meat, in one of the voice over he said “So Terrance let me try some horse meat... or is it pony meat, oh Rainbow Dash look at you now” and proceed to eat the meat and sang the MLP theme song.

“Bronies for Good” is a networking and support group for any Brony who shows a genuine desire to reach out to people and problems that many of the people in this world tend to disregard.Recently “Bronies for Good” has started a fundraiser called “Seeds of Kindness”. The primary goal is to raise USD$10,000 for non-profit charity “Your Siblings” to build a medical clinic in Uganda and any donations past that goal will help fund construction of a Green Village in the tiny Republic of Burundi to house homeless children and refugees.As an incentive for donating, you will get a 41 track album composed by various community musicians.

Daniel Ingram was recently nominated for the Daytime Emmy Awards for “Outstanding Original Song - Children’s and Animation” category. The song that was nominated was “Becoming Popular (The Pony Every Pony Should Know)” and “May The Best Pet Win”.

For those who are wondering why songs like “The Flim Flam Brothers”, “The Smile Song” or “This Day Aria” was not nominated, was because those songs were aired in 2012 while “Becoming Popular (The Pony Every Pony Should Know)” and “May The Best Pet Win” were aired in 2011.

Over some places on the net such as Reddit, there’s a bit of a storm brewing on about the Brony Thank You project. To jolt your memory a little, the Brony Thank You project was a thank you initiative by the Brony Thank You Fund. The Brony Thank-You Fund is a registered New Hampshire non-profit organization and the purpose of this project was to place a recurring 30-second ad on the Hub thanking the producers and all the people behind MLP:FiM for all their contributions. The Hub even offered a competitive rate of $2000 per 30-second slot to the Fund after they were approached.The fund has successfully hit their $12000 mark and has pledged the remaining funds towards charity. Their script has already been approved by Hasbro and The Hub and is on the way to becoming a reality. Some say that the project is a waste of money while some think that it’s an amazing way to give back to the producers. There have even been opinions that showing bronies on TV could impact the impression that parents have on the show.

Today's guest is Xen Gk. He is one of the founders of Comic Fiesta, listen to him share his story about the founding of Comic Fiesta and his opinion on Anime and Ponies.

E-Mail Time

Dear Norman and Emillio,

First off I'd like to say I absolutely love the show.

I'm not a big brony but I do enjoy the back and forth between you guys and I always learn something interesting while listening to the show. You guys always make me laugh when I need it the most. Keep up the great work and I can't wait until the next episode. :)

Tommy Herrick

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Dear MBS show people,

Just a short comment this time. I too noticed the Homestuck/Brony crossover in the fandom. The overlap is uncanny, and some (e.g. the Moonstuck tumblr) are really well done.

To a new mike,Muffyderp

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Recently a fan made “My Little Pony video game” was made available for download. The game is called “My Little Pegasus: Kizuna DoPonyPachi” the game is based on a game called “DonPachi” a very popular top down vertical shooter game.

Today's guest is Anastassia Irina or Tash for short. She’s a local brony cosplayer and an aspiring fanfic writer. Listen to her talk about how she got started with cosplaying and maybe you too can learn a thing or two from her.

Tasha is best co-host. Emilio can contest her once he upgrades his mike (Seriously, the audio quality from Tasha's side is at least 20% cooler, obviously better).

I can hardly understand Emilio since the first line spoke on the MBS show; and till today I can only make out about half of his sentences! Tasha is clear on the show; Emillio is fuzzy all the way. And no, he's not the pony type of fuzzy.

Thanks, I love you guys too (no homo).

Love and tolerance,-muffyderp

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If you have any questions, concern or suggestions for the show you can contact us at thembsshow@gmail.com